LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXV, Issue 4774, 10 November 1924, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

To-morrow is Armistice Day. Tiie first wool sale of the season will be held in Wellington on Monday, November 17. The monthly meeting of the Hauraki Plains County Council will be held to-morrow (Tuesday).

A number of sports from this district visited Te Rapa for the Hamilton races on Saturday and again today.

The "Telegraph” states that during October there were only two births in Waihi, as against 11 for the corresponding month last year.

Owing to the prevalence of sickness in the district the social to be tendered to Mrs Corbett and family at Hikutaia haw been postponed to Thursday, November 20. The membership of the Paeroa Bowling Club is steadily increasing. At a meeting of the club on Saturday six new members were balloted for and duly elected. The Hauraki Plains County Council has informed the Thames County Council that it could not agree to the suggestion that the two councils should have the one engineer. At the Waihi Magistrate's Court last week 24 persons were sued for patients’ fees in the Waihi Hospital. The total amount claimed was £271 13s 9d. Arrangements were made for a match on Saturday between the Paeroa Ciicket Club and Waihi, but the latter club did not put in an appearance. The dairy industry in New Zealand is the subject of a special eight-col-umn article in the principal Czechoslovakia paper. There are included four photographs of different aspects of work in the Waikato. The number, of dairy cow's in the Dominion is at present approximately 1,250,000, an increase of about 15,000 since 1922, and a 100 per cent, increase over 1911. The population of the Dominion uses up the butter-fat of 250,000. The 6.40 a.m. train from Paeroa to Frankton on Saturday was delayed for about a quarter of an hour at Metumaoho on account of a break in the hose coupling, which had to be repaired before the train could proceed on its journey. Citizens of Paeroa are requested to conform to the expressed wish of His Majesty the King and observe two minutes’ bilence at 11 a,m. to-morrow in memory of those who gave their lives in the Great War. Signals will be fired from Primrose Hill to mark the two minutes. Discussing rating at a meeting of ratepayers on Saturday evening the Hauraki Plains county clerk, Mr E. Walton, said that a certain 100-acre farm in Horahia was rated £2 2s 2d for the Orchard bridge. If this rate and the one for the Puke bridge were spread over the whole county, and the full amount levied for the proposed Kirikiri, Pipiroa, and Maukoio bridges, the rate on this farm would be £3 10s. At a meeting of members of the Paeroa Bowling Club on Saturday the proposed agreement with the Domain Board was approved and a hearty vote of thanks accorded the subcommittee, Messrs Brown, Pinder, and Forrest, for the capable manner in which they had dealt with the matter and the able way they had stated the case for the club. A resolution of thanks and appreciation of the fair wav the Domain Board had treated the ciub was carried unanimously. Several members expressed the opinion that the new agreement should be found to be very satisfactory to both parties.

Thursday, November 20, will be observed as a bank holiday in Paeroa on account of the Waikato show.

While using a slasher at the Junction this morning a Public Works Employee named Laird cut his foot badly, necessitating medical attention.

Sunday, it is stated by persons who watch the thermometer, was the hottest day for many months, over 78 degrees being registered.

The Church of England annual bazaar will be held on November 20 in the Gaiety Theatre. Competitions in both cooking and cut flowers. Attractions for all.*

A commercial traveller in Paeroa on Saturday stated that during -iis present trip through the Thames Valley and the Goldfields he found that the majority of his usual customers were either just recovering from influenza or were absent from business on account of illness.

The concrete tennis courts which the Waitakaruru Domain Board is having laid down are now’ almost completed. The Tennis Club at a meeting on Thursday evening fixed the subset iptions at 25s for men and 7s 6d for ladies. The opening day will be on Saturday, November 22.

The Railway Department, in its endeavours to compete against motor traffic, has reduced the freight on kerosene in addition to the other oils already mentioned in the "Gazette.’’ Kerosene in lots of under 1 ton, will be charged at class A rates, plus 22V a per cent., and for lots of one ton and over at clasps B, plus 25 per cent. The department also announces a reduction in the freight on wool, the surcharge of 40 per cent, being reduced to 25 per cent.

At the first Royal Show at Palmerston North the cattle section, so far as general quality and breeding were concerned, was better than anything seen previously in a New Zealand show ring, and most of the Australian judges were more than pleased with the true breed characteristics noticeable. The one exception w-.as the Sydney judge, who roundly condemned the Jerseys. He declared that breeders were getting away from the true type, and that if they did not alter their methods o£ breeding they would be left far behind Australia.

The special train conveying guests of Sir W Armstrong, Whitworth Co., Ltd., to the ceremony of cutting the first sod of the East Coast railway section Katikati to Te Puna, passed through Paeroa about 6.30 on Saturday morning. A sleeping car and another carriage were attached to the Main Trunk from Wellington and were detached at Frankton and taken on to Waihi, 'and from there .on to Athenree, where a number of motorcans were in waiting to transport the party to Katikati and Tauranga. Included in the party were the Hon. J G. Coates. Messrs H. Poland and McMillan, M’s.P., for Ohinemuri and Tauranga.

It is curious how smokers will "fancy” some of their pipes and fail to “take” to others. It is not a question of cost, either. J. M. Barrie, an inveterate smoker, has quite a collection of pipes, and some of them are valuable. And yet one of his greatest favourites is a little wooden "nose-warmer” for which he gave fourpencel Tastes in tobacco vary in the samfe way. Some smokers use only the most expensive brands, while others find ordinary plug or even common shag more to their liking. The flavour appeals to them. But talking —or rather writing—about flavour, have you tried .the New Zealand grown tobaccos ? The leaf, contrary to the usual practice, is toasted, and this imparts a peculiarly delicious flavour. These tobaccos, moreover. contain very little nicotine, and are consequently comparatively harmless. They are manufactured in various strengths to suit all tastes• "Riverhead Gold” is mild aromatic: "Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog label), medium; and “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bull’s Head), full- flavoured. They are meeting with a big sale*